This is a neatly organized treatise on the accomplishments of women, citing why their continued mistreatment, oppression, and unfair designation as inferior beings should cease. The author has gathered a plethora of data on this subject, often referring to documentation from various UN bodies, primarily The State of the World's Children 2012, since this report draws a clear link between abuse of children and violence against women. When women suffer, their children also suffer, and all (including men) remain in a state of ignorance and subjugation. The book contains various interesting lists, such as modern female heads of state (Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto, etc.) and women's contributions in various fields: computing, medicine, science, inventing, mathematics, political advancement, abolition, and desegregation. People might be surprised to learn, for example, that a woman, Tabitha Babbitt, invented the circular saw in 1812. Numerous women have won the Nobel Prize. The author expresses passionately that "millions of women and girls have yet to be release [sic] from the dungeon of being voiceless and powerless" and urges his readers to stand with and for women's rights worldwide.

Generally well thought through, with appropriate research, and making a compelling case for advocacy for women, the book has a few bumps in language usage, and no information is offered about the author. Nonetheless, what can be seen is that he has taken time to assemble his facts. He has invented a clever new word, "womanitarian," to describe himself and others of whichever gender who have "the interest of womankind at heart." The target audience for Women’s Worth, Priceless could be widespread, depending on the author's own constituency and his will to further his cause.

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